09 November 2012

The Weekly WHIP 9 November 2012

The Alpha and the Delta

He went to Eton, started working life as an oil trader including stints in Nigeria, and only became a bishop last year. He has also just been announced as the next Archbishop of Canterbury. His name is Justin Welby, (£) and if you've had your ear to twitter or the bookmaker's odds, the news will hardly come as a surprise. It seems that as soon as the name was passed from the Church commission given the task of picking Rowan Williams' successor to 10 Downing Street, a flurry of bets from newly opened accounts were placed on the man who signs himself Dunelm. It led one bookie to declare, "is nothing sacred?!"

Back to Barack

For a while it seemed as though the announcement of the next Archbishop of Canterbury might overshadow other minor polls taking place across the Atlantic. But due to some scheduling challenges the rumour mongers had to wait a few days.

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